Outstations Team Leader - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - HITACHI RAIL LIMITED

HITACHI RAIL LIMITED
HITACHI RAIL LIMITED
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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Hitachi Rail have a superb opportunity for experienced people leader to join our Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne Outstation as an
Outstations Team Leader. As the
Outstations Team Leader, you will hold accountability of supervising the maintenance, servicing, fault finding and repairing of Hitachi's rolling stock assets, managing a team of 8 Technicians on a shift basis.

Due to the core responsibilities of this role, previous rail experience, specifically working with the Class AT300 fleet would be a huge advantage.


Who we are


Hitachi Rail is a fully integrated, global provider of rail solutions across rolling stock, signalling, service & maintenance, digital technology and turnkey.

With a presence in 38 countries across three continents and over 13,000 employees, our mission is to contribute to society through the continuous development of superior rail transport solutions.


We are working to Inspire the Next - and this is your chance to be part of it.
At Hitachi Rail you will find a passionate and collaborative environment. We operate according to our values of
Harmony, Sincerity and
Pioneering Spirit.

As such, we work closely as a team and empower our colleagues to take ownership and become creative in our pursuit of excellence.

We take pride in the contribution we make to society and we always act with integrity and fairness towards our customers, suppliers and colleagues.


Why Hitachi Rail?
Here at Hitachi Rail we value the importance of all of our employees, if you would like to join our fantastic organisation you could be entitled to:

  • Competitive salary
  • Annual Performance bonus paid on discretionary basis.
  • 25 days holiday
  • Pension scheme with contributions up to 9%
  • Private medical insurance
  • Personal Accident insurance
  • Group Income protection
  • Group Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programme


We also offer additional perks for you to choose from within a flexible plan that will meet your specific needs and lifestyle.


About you
Applicants should be able to demonstrate all of the essential requirements listed below:
Essential

  • Experience of direct and indirect assessment of staff on the shop floor.
  • Experience of leading a maintenance team on a shift bases in a modern rolling stock maintenance depot environment.
  • Outstanding safety Awareness gained in an operational railway engineering environment.
  • Highly experienced in undertaking preventative and corrective rolling stock maintenance on modern rolling stock. To include modern fault finding and repair techniques using pc based laptops and remote train diagnostics.
  • Sound knowledge of, and compliance to, rules and regulations (internal and external)
  • Calm and diplomatic under pressure
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Able to interface effectively with all levels of personnel both within and outside the company.
Desirable

  • M & E HNC or served engineering apprenticeship or equivalent proven railway experience.
  • Engineering based NVQ level
  • Network Rail Sentinel PTS
  • Intermediate IT skills typically Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook
  • Reading electrical, pneumatic, mechanical schematics and drawings
  • Fire warden, First Aider
  • Powered plant and tools air systems / 240v / 110v tools.
  • Working at Height, COSHH, Manual handling, AC/DC Depot isolation

Role responsibilities include

  • Support operational maintenance requirements.
  • Support various TOC train delivery.
  • Responsible for performing the testing maintenance regime as required in such a way as to not impact operational test running.
  • Responsible for taking physical delivery of the train and ensuring the maintenance acceptance processes and procedures are followed.
  • Deployment of the initial and ongoing depot operational processes and procedures relating to the maintenance and repair of Hitachi rolling stock assets.
  • Undertake depot special tools commissioning as required. These are to include lifting equipment, platforms and staging, rolling stock specialist tooling and Hitachi specialist tooling.
  • Responsible for deployment of the necessary operational processes and procedures for the control of depot special tools.
  • Support the continued development of the SAP maintenance management system (MMS). Ensure all shop floor requirements are captured and delivered.
  • Support the material management team with setting up of the material stores both as required. Ensure all material usage is controlled and recorded in the Maintenance Management System.
  • Direct management of the maintenance team to ensure all materials are correctly booked out of the stores and any materials being returned to the stores for repair are correctly labelled and process is followed.
  • Deployment of Lean principles and best practice and other out stabled locations as necessary.
  • Development of the Maintenance Manual
  • Support the Technical Author with the ongoing development of the maintenance
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